Stolen Away
“I’d promised Eloise I wouldn’t call. I didn’t say anything about going in person. Eloise sounded like she had some kind of plan and if I knew the Harts at all, her plan would somehow backfire in the most spectacular way. And it wouldn’t be her fault, it never was—stuff just happened to them. At her fifth birthday party, the cake got dropped and one of the kids got frosting in her eye and it swelled up with pus. At our first school dance, Eloise’s mom was a chaperone and all the boys spent the n...ight crushing on her while the other mothers, mine included, sniffed at her tattoos.
And when a Fae girl the size of a hummingbird talked to you, it was time to get serious.
I ran up to the top floor and pounded on the front door, panting. “Jaz?” She always let us call her that, even when we were little. I knocked louder.
The door finally opened. Eloise’s mom was wearing a black kimono, her hair in a ponytail, black eye shadow still smudged around her eyes. She frowned. “Shouldn’t you be in school?”MoreLess
And when a Fae girl the size of a hummingbird talked to you, it was time to get serious.
I ran up to the top floor and pounded on the front door, panting. “Jaz?” She always let us call her that, even when we were little. I knocked louder.
The door finally opened. Eloise’s mom was wearing a black kimono, her hair in a ponytail, black eye shadow still smudged around her eyes. She frowned. “Shouldn’t you be in school?”MoreLess
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